{"id":65,"date":"2013-12-23T21:40:45","date_gmt":"2013-12-23T21:40:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/216.92.58.138\/?page_id=65"},"modified":"2024-11-05T22:52:50","modified_gmt":"2024-11-06T05:52:50","slug":"rap","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dev.ecodinghub.in\/teachpi\/songs\/rap\/","title":{"rendered":"The Rap"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><strong>Lose Yourself (In The Digits)<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>&#8220;&#8230;if I&#8217;m not mistaken, my memory&#8217;s wakin&#8217;&#8230;<\/em><br \/>\n<em>This number&#8217;s mine for the takin&#8217;&#8230;&#8221;<\/em><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/216.92.58.138\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/loseyourself-dual.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-413\" src=\"http:\/\/216.92.58.138\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/loseyourself-dual.jpg\" alt=\"loseyourself-dual\" width=\"610\" height=\"232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.ecodinghub.in\/teachpi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/loseyourself-dual.jpg 610w, https:\/\/dev.ecodinghub.in\/teachpi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/loseyourself-dual-300x114.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h6><strong>Listen to the song now!<br \/>\n<\/strong>(Or download the mp3 for your own creative purposes\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/216.92.58.138\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/LoseYourself_InTheDigits.mp3\">here<\/a>!)<\/h6>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-65-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.teachpi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/LoseYourself_InTheDigits.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.teachpi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/LoseYourself_InTheDigits.mp3\">http:\/\/www.teachpi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/LoseYourself_InTheDigits.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>Rarely do the worlds of mathematics and hip-hop collide, but when they do, well, it\u2019s probably\u00a0worth hearing (or at least your students will think so).<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s called \u201cLose Yourself (In The Digits),\u201d and it\u2019s about the agony and thrill of getting up on stage and trying, under extreme pressure, to recite the digits of pi. It&#8217;s a close parody of the well-known Eminem hit, \u201cLose Yourself,\u201d which is about, well, the agony and thrill of getting up on stage and trying, under extreme pressure, to rap.<\/p>\n<p>The rap was written a few days before Pi Day 2004, in what makes for a <a href=\"\/stories\/birth-of-the-pi-rap\/\">pretty strange tale<\/a>. It has since been performed by its creator in front of hundreds of students, from 5th graders to college kids, and was recorded in late 2005. We hope it will put smiles on the faces of your students, as you download and play it in your classroom, wherever you are and whatever ages you may teach.<\/p>\n<p>If you find it as entertaining as other folks have, we encourage you to tell your colleagues and students to come to TeachPi.org and download it for themselves. It&#8217;s simply a quirky gift to the Pi Day-celebrating community, and we want it to reach as many pi lovers as possible.<\/p>\n<p>[toggle_box]<br \/>\n[toggle_item title=&#8221;<strong>Our Favorite Music Video Tribute<\/strong>&#8220;]<\/p>\n<h6><span style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5em;\">Among the many videos of the rap created by classes around the country, here&#8217;s a great one from 2008 by math students at Fort Vancouver H.S. in Washington. \u00a0Enjoy!<\/span><\/h6>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/U2uVoDxZpaQ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n[\/toggle_item]<\/p>\n<p>[toggle_item title=&#8221;<strong>The Lyrics<\/strong>&#8220;]<\/p>\n<h6>Want to read the lyrics at your own pace? Trust us, they&#8217;re perfectly clean and mathematical. \u00a0(Lyrics are the property of TeachPi.org.)<\/h6>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Look, if you had\u2026one shot\u2026one opportunity\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p>To recite the digits of the number pi\u2026 One moment\u2026<br \/>\nWould you capture it\u2026 or just let it slip?<\/p>\n<p>His palms are sweaty, knees weak, head is heavy<br \/>\nThe numbers cloud his vision already, keep it steady<br \/>\nHe\u2019s nervous, but on the surface he looks calm and ready<br \/>\nTo re-cite, but it\u2019s not quite off-settin\u2019<\/p>\n<p>That he\u2019s froze now, and the whole crowd knows he vowed<br \/>\nTo get it perfect, but the numbers won\u2019t come out<br \/>\nHe\u2019s chokin\u2019, how \u2013 everybody\u2019s jokin\u2019 now<br \/>\nThree point one five\u2014woops\u2014kablouw!<\/p>\n<p>Snap back to reality, oh, it\u2019s a malady<br \/>\nOh, it\u2019s so random, he choked<br \/>\nHe can\u2019t stand, but he won\u2019t give up<br \/>\nThat easy, no<br \/>\nHe won\u2019t have it, he knows \u2013 all his fans really hope<br \/>\nHe can shatter the glob\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2026al world record of Fo\u2019\u2026<br \/>\n\u2026rty-two-thousand*, although<br \/>\nIf-he-looks down at his notes, he knows that\u2019s when it\u2019s<br \/>\nBack to the learnin\u2019 by rote<br \/>\nTo feel rapture<br \/>\nHe\u2019d better capture those digits a little faster<\/p>\n<p>You better lose yourself in the digits of pi, it\u2019s a high<br \/>\nBut you got a thousand more to go<br \/>\nThe numbers do not stop<br \/>\nOr drop into pattern, no<br \/>\nAnd memorizin\u2019 \u2018em takes most of a lifetime<\/p>\n<p>If I\u2019m not mistaken, my memory\u2019s wakin\u2019<br \/>\nThis number\u2019s mine for the taking<br \/>\nHear it ring, as I list all the, digits in order<br \/>\nAnd whole numbers are borin\u2019, approximations just keep me snorin\u2019,<\/p>\n<p>Pi only grows longer to get more precise<br \/>\nA rounded-off fraction just won\u2019t cut the ice<br \/>\nSo twenty-two sevenths, you take my advice<br \/>\nIf I catch you round here, you will<\/p>\n<p>Pay the price, so give up this fa\u00e7ade,<br \/>\nRay-shee-os are oh so flawed<br \/>\nThey close the door to those who like infinite<br \/>\nStrings of oh\u2019s, 2s, 9s, 3\u2019s, and 6\u2019s, it<\/p>\n<p>Shows the woes of-all-the schmoes who chose<br \/>\nTo forgo Pi\u2019s logic, and I<br \/>\nDon\u2019t suppose those bozos applaud it<br \/>\nWhen I throw down the gauntlet, with a<br \/>\n\u201cThree point one four\u201d\u2026 I got it!<\/p>\n<p>You better lose yourself in the digits of pi, it\u2019s a high<br \/>\nBut you got a thousand more to go<br \/>\nThe numbers do not stop<br \/>\nOr drop into pattern, no<br \/>\nAnd memorizin\u2019 \u2018em takes most of a lifetime<br \/>\nPi is 3.141592653589793238462643383279\u2026<\/p>\n<p>No more games, I\u2019m-a bust right outta my cage, and<br \/>\nGet my Pi-recitin\u2019 groove on, on this here stage<br \/>\nI was playin\u2019 in the beginnin\u2019, the mood all changed<br \/>\nI been broken up from soakin\u2019 up this whole page<\/p>\n<p>But I kept churnin\u2019 and kept learnin\u2019 to decipher<br \/>\nThe rhythm of the number that makes me so hyper<br \/>\nAll the pain and strife amplified by the<br \/>\nFact that I can\u2019t get back to my life, I\u2019m<\/p>\n<p>Whacked and I don\u2019t exactly know why, I\u2019m<br \/>\nActing like I am attracted to Pi! So<br \/>\nBack to a kid jam-packed with random numbers<br \/>\nI think this whole process is makin\u2019 me dumber<\/p>\n<p>It still shakes me up, man, it makes me sentimental<br \/>\nThat a number so essential is also transcendental<br \/>\nCaught up between bein\u2019 in fashion and bein\u2019 irrational<br \/>\nIt\u2019s passion flashin\u2019 through my brain<br \/>\nWhenever I explain it<\/p>\n<p>I just think pi is nice, Would you&#8230; like a slice?<br \/>\nI\u2019ve gotten to the point, it\u2019s like a vice, I\u2019m not<br \/>\nAfraid of gettin&#8217; caught, but still it hurts a lot<br \/>\nSuccess is my only mathematic option, failure\u2019s not<\/p>\n<p>Pi, I love you, but these people got to know<br \/>\nA million tiny circles haunt my every thought<br \/>\nSo here I go with my shot<br \/>\nBrain, fail me not,<br \/>\nThis may be the only opportunity that I got!<\/p>\n<p>You better lose yourself in the digits of pi, it\u2019s a high<br \/>\nBut you got a thousand more to go<br \/>\nThe numbers do not stop<br \/>\nOr drop into pattern, no<br \/>\nAnd memorizin\u2019 \u2018em takes most of a lifetime<br \/>\nPi is\u2026 3.14159265358979323846264338327950288419716939937510582097494459\u2026yeeeah.<\/p>\n<p>You can do anything you set your mind to, man. Even memorizin\u2019 pi. I\u2019m out.<\/p>\n<p><em>* We realize that the new world record (though not yet verified) is 100,000 digits. The song was written when the record was 42,815. We stayed with the original number, because frankly, it fits the rhyme better!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">[\/toggle_item]<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/toggle_box]<\/p>\n<h6>Share any thoughts, reactions, or stories about playing the rap for your students.<\/h6>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:pi-diddy@teachpi.org\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/216.92.58.138\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/email-pi-diddy.gif\" alt=\"email: pi-diddy\" width=\"150\" height=\"18\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lose Yourself (In The Digits) &#8220;&#8230;if I&#8217;m not mistaken, my memory&#8217;s wakin&#8217;&#8230; This number&#8217;s mine for the takin&#8217;&#8230;&#8221; Listen to the song now! (Or download the mp3 for your own creative purposes\u00a0here!) 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